This is a list of the most expensive cars sold in auto auctions' through the traditional bidding process, consisting of those that attracted headline grabbing publicity, mainly for the high price their new owners have paid.

Although collectors worldwide knew the whereabouts of this car, the owner, reclusive Dr Harold Carr, refused to listen to offers for it, instead in 1960 he locked it away in his garage never to be seen again for almost 50 years